sixpence

Sing a song of sixpence

Tales
shall I tell a tale
a story
a legend
a truth
but hide it in
a web of words

spin a web
of truth?
or deceit?
of the lies
lies

And let you pick out the thread
among the threads
like an orb weaver walking
wary
to find the prey she feels
through her feet

or would that be hands?

so she may feed

another term for a certain
type of story
or song
is a lay.

Shall I sing a lay?


Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the lord my soul to take.

Die before I wake?

Sleep child,
sleep.

That sleep which knits up
the raveled sleeve of care.

Oh yes,
are there many truths?
or only one?

A pocket full of rye

Motorhead,  V twin, Harley
panhead, ape hangers, suicide shifter
Bad ass,
BA
Bad Ass.
rider
thunder in the night

He won't run
no fear
Hells Angel
No.

I am Hells Angel.

shall I teach him?
The little boy
who stills lives in there?
He's forgotten him
but I have not
I can find him
find his thread
and pull it.

The fabric of his mind
unravel
that he has so carefully
woven.

Bad Ass

Four and twenty blackbirds

Speak the speech, I pray you,
a voice
the voice
that voice
speaking
saying
those things
forgotten things
hateful things

as I pronounc'd it to you,
you're dead you sonofabitch
dead
shut up
go away
where the fuck did
that come from

the alcohol and the drugs
can they silence you
did they silence you
go away dammit
damn you
where were you when I needed you?

trippingly on the tongue

it's night
dark
swallow the pain
swallow
the pain.
cause it doesn't hurt.
nothing hurts.
no pain.

Baked in a pie

I
am here

see me? 
No?
over here?
No?
now over here?
behind you.
listen
I have things to tell you
things you've forgotten
thing you should remember
things I want you to remember
You shouldn't bury things like that
no, 
I can smell them you see.
smell them.
let me dig them out for you.
I can do that.

oops, now I'm over here.

No no no
really, you should stop
park
let me talk to you
I wouldn't want you to have 
an accident.
no accident.
I have a use for you.
But first you must listen.

When the pie was opened

Feel that?
Feel that?
You thought,
thought that was gone?
no fear?
No.
Fear.
Fear is for others
not for you,
yes?
that's how it's been.
You like fear,
in others.
You feed on fear,
in others.
see?
you're just like me
we're brothers, true?
All that fear you've collected
savored
yes?

Here, 
My brother I will help you to
feel
all that fear you've collected
feel it
feel it
Ah, my brother. 
let me give you
love

Where am I?

Over here.

You want to see me?

To look at me?

I'm not hiding.

I'm right here,
in front of you.


Look at me.


Look

at

me.


The birds began to sing

Mercy?

You desire mercy?

How odd.
Why should you demand of me
that which you have never granted
another?

I desire that you should remove 
your shades before me.
shades.
shades, how appropriate.
let me see your eyes.
yes.
Let me look.
Let me remove your shades
all those shades you have
collected.

The windows to your soul.
good.
Oh, how empty,
yet 
how full
you are.

I shall make it stop
when I am 
ready.

Mercy?


Here is mercy.


Wasn't that a dainty dish

sated.


To set before the King?